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Ingredient dictionary

Rye flour on a food label: it contains gluten

Rye flour is a kind of cereal flour. It contains gluten, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 8,595 products, most often in bread.

By Bravoora teamUpdated 13 October 2026Sources checked 13 October 20266 sourcesHow we check

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Does rye flour contain an allergen?

Yes. Rye flour is made from a cereal containing gluten: labels in the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it. In the US it is not a listed allergen, because US labels name wheat only.

Allergen	US	UK and Europe	Gulf
Cereals containing gluten	PartlyWheat only	RequiredWheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, khorasan	RequiredWheat, barley, oats, rye, spelt

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Is rye flour vegan?

Yes. Rye flour is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.

VeganFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

VegetarianFits youNothing from an animal, by the Open Food Facts record.

Coeliac or gluten-freeNot for youIt is made from a cereal containing gluten.

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What other names does rye flour have on a label?

On European labels it is “farine de seigle” in French, “Roggenmehl” in German and “harina de centeno” in Spanish. The other 13 languages are listed below.

French: farine de seigle
German: Roggenmehl, Roggenmehl Typ 1150
Spanish: harina de centeno
Italian: farina di segale, farina di segala
Dutch: roggemeel, roggebloem
Portuguese: farinha de centeio
Polish: mąka żytnia
Swedish: rågmjöl
Danish: rugmel
Norwegian: rugmel
Finnish: ruisjauho
Czech: žitná mouka
Hungarian: rozsliszt
Romanian: făină de secară, faina de secara
Croatian: raženo brašno
Turkish: çavdar unu

Which foods contain rye flour?

Open Food Facts lists rye flour or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 8,595 products, most often bread, biscuits and cakes and sandwiches. Most of them are sold in France, the United States and Germany.

Bread3,842
Biscuits and cakes1,434
Sandwiches359
Pastries186
Breakfast cereals157
Savoury snacks156

Products with it, by country of sale: France 3,091 · United States 1,428 · Germany 1,414 · United Kingdom 511.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where rye flour turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is rye flour?

Rye flour is a kind of cereal flour.

Kinds of rye flourWholemeal rye flour Rye malt flour Sifted rye flour Malted rye flourDark rye flourRye flour type 130 Rye flour type 170 Pregelatinized rye flourMedium rye flourRye flour type type 1250Dextrinated rye flourRye flour type 85

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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

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